Oct 27, 2013 5:28 PM

"... is forfeit to Her Majesty the Queen in right of the province of BC... ...The Civil Forfeiture Act"

The owner of a house repeatedly visited by the police in recent years has been ordered to pay $200,000 to the provincial government.

The civil forfeiture judgment means that, not only will the owner have to pay, but if there is any illegal activity there in the next five years, the government can simply take the house in the 7300 block of 208th Street.

Robin Joseph Krayem, one of the owners of the property, has been convicted of unauthorized possession of a firearm and of possession of instruments for forging or falsifying credit cards, said Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks.

Both offences took place on the property, which police say has been identified as a problem home since 2011.

Police have been called there for gun offenses, stolen goods investigations, and for the report of credit card fraud.

At the beginning of 2012, Langley RCMP Const. Mike Schnerch put together a package about the land for the Civil Forfeiture Office.

In August, the director of Civil Forfeiture for B.C. signed an agreement with Krayem and the other owners of the property.

"Judgment is granted in favour of the plaintiff, the Director of Civil Forfeiture, against the defendant Robin Joseph Krayem's interest in the property, that interest is declared to be the proceeds and an instrument of unlawful activity, and $200,000 of that interest is forfeit to Her Majesty the Queen in right of the province of British Columbia in accordance with the Civil Forfeiture Act..." reads the deal.

Police hope that with the deal, especially the five-year ban on illegal activity on pain of complete forfeiture, that the property will no longer be an issue.

"We are very pleased with a ruling of this type for both the community and from a policing perspective," said Insp. Murray Power, operations support officer for the

Langley Mounties. "Residences such as this one become a significant drain on police resources and often a daily nuisance for those living in close proximity." The property has in fact been a magnet for police since at least 2009. Cont....